Refutation of Those Who do not believe in Life after Death Allah tells us about the disbelievers who think it very unlikely that the Resurrection will happen;وَقَالُواْ أَيِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا وَرُفَاتًاAnd they say:When we are bones and fragments.meaning earth.This was the view of Mujahid.Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn Abbas:it means dust.أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًاshould we really be resurrected (to be) a new creation!meaning, on the Day of Resurrection after we have disintegrated and become nothing, and have been forgotten.Allah tells us about them elsewhere:يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى الْحَـفِرَةِأَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـماً نَّخِرَةًقَالُواْ تِلْكَ إِذاً كَرَّةٌ خَـسِرَةٌThey say:"Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life even after we are crumbled bones!" They say:"It would in that case, be a return with loss!" (79:10-12)And,وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلً وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُAnd he puts forth for Us a parable, and forgets his own creation. until the end of two Ayat. (36:78-79)Allah commands His Messenger to respond to them, so He says:قُل كُونُواْ حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا